Speaking at the Feb. 29 Recreation Centers of Sun City board of directors meeting, Matthew D’Luzansky, general manager, said his management staff has heard the complaints of residents regarding the fan remotes in its fitness centers and has made some adjustments in an effort to compromise and meet the needs of the organization as well as the residents.

The staff has reversed all fans and set them at medium. Those which cannot be reversed were set to low, he said.

In response to numerous complaints about fan speeds being too high or too low in the fitness rooms of the eight recreation centers, the management staff had removed remotes to the fans and set them at medium. Occasionally, the remotes are even intentionally damaged to prevent someone from changing the speed, said D’Luzansky.

A number of residents used the Feb. 12 exchange meeting’s open forum to complain of the move and request that the remotes be placed in the rooms so the fans could be adjusted to meet the needs of the person currently exercising, citing health as the source of their discomfort. Based on their medical condition or medications, temperature plays an important role in their being able to exercise effectively, they said. At issue is that some need the fans to cool them off and others want them off so they can heat up.

“I’m not trying to make somebody hot,” he said. “I’ve looked and virtually nowhere else are you allowed to have control of the fans.”

The management staff is still investigating the best answer, he said, and will reevaluate the fans after some time has passed.